Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources more sustainably. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown. We are committed to rescuing land from degradation, enhancing biodiversity and revitalizing rural communities.
Grain Trader
Responsibilities:
- Identifying company's commercial activity opportunities in the region (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Baltics countries)
- Assessing Supply and Demand in the area of resposibility
- Establishing business relationships with key counterparts, specifically traders and end-users of agricultural commodities materials located in the region
- Establishing business relations with port terminals in Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria
- Getting to know industrial facilities and production processes, logistic flows, and silo networks; also identifying main bottlenecks
- Preparing purchase/sales contracts, understanding of INCOTERMS and structure of the agreements and addendums
- Leading domestic and export contract execution process
- Working on document preparations for the smooth execution flow
- Preparing regular market reports
Requirements:
- Master’s or bachelor's degree preferably in an Agricultural, Economics, or Business discipline
- Strong interest in Agri-commodity trading business
- Excellent analytical skills
- Strong drive for success and high self-motivation, results-oriented personality and passion for continuous improvement
- Good knowledge of hedging tools
- Understanding client/supplier profiles and their main requirements
- Understanding global flows of commodity trading and primary agricultural products
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in English, additional languages would be beneficial
